Trish Laub Writes Memoir of Her Dad’s Journey Through Alzheimer’s in A Most Meaningful Life
By Trish Laub I made a promise to myself that reflected the love of a youngest daughter for the dad that was always there for her. I was told that my dad
By Trish Laub I made a promise to myself that reflected the love of a youngest daughter for the dad that was always there for her. I was told that my dad
By Annette Januzzi Wick The Missing Link I was never motivated to write about dementia, nor was I motivated to write about my mother, who experienced the disease. But what had been
By Tia Powell, MD Our view of dementia is changing, but it needs to change more. How we treat others, particularly vulnerable others, is part of what defines us as a society.
By Sandra Savell In June of 2006 my husband and I left the outskirts of Washington DC and pulled into Aiken, SC, with all our worldly possessions, two corgis, and with the
By Mary Edwards-Olson My newest book, Grandpa, Is That You?, is another children’s book about the changes a loved one will go through when facing Alzheimer’s. This book differs from my first
By Pauletta Hansel I didn’t set out to write a book about being the caretaking daughter of a mother with dementia. I didn’t set out to be that daughter. But being both
By Patti Callahan Henry If ever the past of an author and the future of a book have collided, it is here in The Favorite Daughter. I have long been fascinated with
By Cassandra Farren Dementia is soul-destroying. Not only for the person who is diagnosed, but for anyone who loves and cares about them. I have been told many times that I have
This memoir also allowed for the interweaving of family history, a fleshing out of characters, and a means of affirming through narration the individual’s continuing worth, untainted by the loss of physical
By Paula Sarver Mom has Alzheimer’s. It’s one thing to say it, but another to live it and understand it. In 2014, after placing Mom in a memory care facility, I found
